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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Yom Hashoah

For those of you who don't know what Yom Hashoah is, it is holocaust memorial day and it is officially on the 26th Nisan (ie: 5th May).

This is a sad and sombre time as we remember the millions of Jews murdered by the Nazis from 1933 - 1945.

The word "holocaust" means a massive slaughter / genocide. It can also mean a sacrificial offering that is consumed entirely by flames*. I have used the latter meaning as inspiration for today's fractal.*Thanks to dictionary.com for the definitions above.

Ironically the fractal is a flame. In the center is a Star of David surrounded by, but not consumed by the flames. This is symbolic of the fact that even though the Nazis tried to eliminate the Jews, they failed.